English → Latin
“belt” in Latin
cingulumA girdle which encircles the hips; zone, belt; sword-belt; sash.; A girdle of the earth; zone.zōnabelt, girdle; zonecestusa girdle, tie, band or strap worn around the upper body, directly under the breast; the girdle of Aphrodite or VenusbalteusA belt, girdle; synonym of praecinctio (curved walkway that separates the galleries of a Roman theatre)
The English word belt itself goes back to Latin balteus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
belt
cingulum: zona (girdle: the latter a Greek term, used of the zona virginalis, removed on the day of marriage, and zona muliebris, especially of Grecian ladies: of men only as used to hold money, instead of a purse: cingulum is also used as the substitute for a purse; and both as “zone” in the astronomical and geographical sense): cestus (any tie, according to Varr., especially the girdle of Venus).
For a sword, balteus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for belt?
- The usual Latin words for “belt” are cingulum, zōna, cestus; also balteus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.